Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bdcd064c247daa85…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-06-28 07:43:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d925a6aab1f5bca5bf32f3ae87ed6d7a SHA-1: 94f0782247820d9c42504220b1053909a7415eca SHA-256: bdcd064c247daa8503489f4b5fbe8800478a9e2c007dc5025a6571f7de6791c3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://www.frankreich-ferien.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcd197eb47f---91257897638.pdf
    • https://heykidsletscook.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/942245b1475b708053b6e3f8eb801f68/10350923917.pdf
    • https://wills.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1632db3ca9bf7d85b765c8cbad92fd5b/72558680615.pdf
    • https://www.americansummercamps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608878ccd7816---gagagetisi.pdf
    • http://ptaki.info/imgekoprojekty/files/69794641871.pdf
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04d27f01ce64e8403e528d860bc68635/wemuvokedunebibenexawivin.pdf
    • http://evola.it/userfiles/files/75770216498.pdf
    • https://www.traveltimevipp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b7c27e0e47928a9f85b032d9765c28b/81051685675.pdf
    • https://mk-promotions.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/naraxetulu.pdf
    • https://nailseasupportgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea0686775fac6620f049a8d8965d3f00/36932586364.pdf
    • https://www.frontierexim.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/apcf5nejhrni84u1l9a4rcvljc/xofuxibiropekorizev.pdf
    • https://pensionatiitalianiinportogallo.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6205e8cc8a4d558bcaf2e75df6f2c65f/58578937568.pdf
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8ccb8ecd00---malididipimofeguxezo.pdf
    • http://stylist.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160796cf364564---62498922511.pdf
    • http://cukiernia-waltar.pl/qcms/userfiles/file/tapifaboso.pdf
    • https://sakitonus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57b305933f5c32e7ab7866db9ddc1b36/kozewexisilanodamupor.pdf
    • http://tamker.hu/userfiles/file/20885792679.pdf
    • https://www.varisistanbul.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a6e0be7914---muguvipa.pdf
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160705e77a646e---16009346028.pdf
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2bc3d0b3b6746e673efb34183e98ce3e/11721894863.pdf
    • http://burningspearmarketplace.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vuvom.pdf
    • http://au-coeur-du-temps.com/userfiles/file/19636096209.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=neverwinter+jewelcrafting+guide
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e4a3.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4A3 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fcb5.bin
8bfb3b767440af0942404773c729bf30c859e0efd386ae688d8dee92cb29e26b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCB5 16832 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000128a7.bin
b9aab69aa6aee8fb4147e5422aa82bfff8e30cee7a688af79225ea0bb7386288
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128A7 10724 bytes